Sri Padmavathi Women’s Degree & PG College

Department of Economics

History:

The subject of Economics B.A Course was introduced in the year 1956 with English medium by Mrs Parvatha Vardhini and she worked as a lecturer and HOD. After her prof.P.Lakshmi Devi was appointed as Head of the Department in the 1956 and continued in the same cadre till 1983. Dr.Shantha N. Nair was appointed as aLecturer in 1965. She worked as a lecturer and HOD till her retirement in 1999. Dr.M.Ratnawas appointed as lecturer In the year 1968. She worked as a lecturer from 1968 to 1990. Mrs.V.Pullamma served in the Dept as a lecturer from 1973 to 2001. Miss.S.V.Seetha Devi worked as a lecturer from 1976 to 2006 Smt.V.Madhusudani served as a lecturerin the department from 2003 to 2009. Dr.V.Kusuma kumari served as a lecturer in the department from 2003 to 2019.

At present Smt.P.Sarada is the Head Of the Department and other faculty member include Sri Y. Venkataramana Reddy.

Courses Offered:

The Department offered six under graduate programmes in political scienceAs BA these combinations are:

BA, History, Economics, Political Science (EM)
BA, History, Economics, Political Science (TM)
BA, Economics, Political Science, Sociology (TM)
BA, History, Advanceenglish, Political Science (EM)
BA, Economics, PoliticalScience, Philosophy (TM)
BA, Economics, psychology, social work (TM)

Presently BA programme Honours (Economics) course is offered to students by theDepartment under the affiliation of S V university Tirupati.

Are highly qualified, talented, experienced and committed to their duties. The faculty memberslay emphasis on inclusion of modern teaching.

Strength:

Nearly 250 students from opted for BA Economics subject besides this it hadHuge departmental library having 50 books.

Faculty Profiles:

Lecturer

Smt.P.Sarada

M.A, M.Ed

39 yrs experience

Lecturer

Sri Y.Venkataramana Reddy

M.A, B.Ed

32 yrs experience

Activities:

Depatrment is conducting various knowledge Enriching programme like

Student seminors
Quiz programme
Group discussions
Elocution etc.

Student seminars

Student Achievements:

Results

Every year the department result exhibits between 95 – 100 %

The students are encouraged to pursue higher education, internships, field visits and Projects. Many of our students got selected in various universities for PG programmes.